A/N: Hey guys. There's probably only a few more chapters of this story left, but you never know, I might get a sudden rush of inspiration. I will continue to write about Kyder because they're under appreciated and I like to think it brings them closer to being canon. Keep the reviews coming as I really enjoy reading them. Also the more you lot review, the more I'll be inspired to keep going! :D I'm sorry about the longer delays!
Glee practice ended an hour later, and Kitty still had hold of my hand.
"Hey, do you want to come back to mine? My parents will be at work and I think Abbie's gone to meet a friend" I smiled as we got up to leave. I couldn't believe this was happening, my day was ending infinitely better than it had started. I saw her slightly wince at the sound of Abbie's name but she made no comment on it.
"Sure, I'd love to" She grinned back. I put my arm around her shoulder as we left the choir room together. It was weird being together in public but then it felt really natural, like it was meant to be happening. We walked back to my house, and sure enough it was empty.
"What do you want to do?" I asked as I turned the house alarm off and turned to face her.
"Haha, whatever you want."
"How about watching a film and ordering some takeaway?"
"Sounds great." I grabbed Kitty's hand, and led her through to the living room.
"Oh my god! You have so many films!" She exclaimed as she saw my family's massive DVD collection.
"Haha yeah, my dad's a bit of a film geek." I smiled as she began tracing her finger along the shelves that held our hundreds of films. She grinned as she pulled one off the shelf and turned to face me. Great, it was a horror film. I hated horror films but I wasn't about to let Kitty know that.
"Oh, you've picked The Grudge, a brave choice" I winked at her.
"Oh I can handle it Lynn, I hope you can too" I put the film in the DVD player and settled into the sofa. Kitty curled up next to me and leant her head on my shoulder. I could have stayed like that all day, albeit I would have preferred to be watching a happier film! The film credits finished and I settled down to try and watch The Grudge without too much of my discomfort showing.
"Hahaha oh my god Lynn! You're jumping more than me" Kitty laughed as she noticed me flinching at the tension on screen.
"No… you're imagining it" I grinned; I couldn't lie to save my life.
"I'm definitely not, you massive wimp" I pretended to pout at her insult.
"Awhh, I'm sorry that I hurt your feelings you big girl" She continued.
"No I don't accept that apology, you have to show me you're sorry" She laughed as she turned to face me. She leant towards me but I was already there, meeting her lips with mine. My hands found themselves running through her hair as she started to bite my bottom lip. We carried on and were horizontal on the sofa when we heard the front door open. Kitty sat up immediately in a panic.
"I thought you said your parents were away?"
"They are, it must be Abbie coming back" I turned round to see Abbie standing in the doorway.
"Oh, hi you two. I hope I'm not interrupting anything" She smirked before walking off towards the kitchen. I saw Kitty give her a dirty look as Abbie left the room.
"Hey Ryder, I really need to know the truth. If you do say yes, I honestly won't mind, I'm having too much fun with you and it was too hard being without you. So don't lie thinking that I'll get up and leave if the answer is yes." I nodded, slightly confused.
"Did anything happen with Abbie? Anything at all?" My confusion continued as I shook my head. She seemed to process this for a few minutes before smiling.
"I'm not sure what's going on but you can explain in a minute, I need the loo. I might also order the takeaway, do you want pizza?" She nodded at me before I left the room and made my way upstairs to find the takeaway menu and use my bathroom. Roughly ten minutes had passed before I had finished ordering the pizzas and made my downstairs. I could hear voices coming from the living room, clearly Abbie and Kitty were talking. It had to be awkward so I paused outside to hear what they were saying before I walked in.
"Ryder told me nothing happened and I believe him."
"Well he's lying, and I thought I told you to back off" Abbie's voice snapped back at Kitty. Wait… when had Abbie spoken to Kitty?
"Ha, I'm Kitty Wilde and I'm not scared of you, some pathetic loser who is making up stories about someone she hasn't even been around for years" I found myself smiling at the bitchy Kitty shining through, she had been a bit soft around him recently so I'd forgotten her nasty side existed.
"What's going on here?" I decided it was time for me to intervene before they killed each other. You could cut the tension in the air with a knife. The two girls were standing about ten metres apart just staring at each other. They both looked at me until Kitty broke the silence.
"Abbie keeps telling me that you two slept together the night that I saw you at Breadsticks but I don't believe her so she threatened me." She shot dirty looks at Abbie as she spoke. I looked over at Abbie who just shrugged her shoulders at me.
"When did you even speak to each other? That never happened though Abbie?!"
"Well you came to my house after I ran out on you at Breadsticks, didn't you? My mum told me you'd come by and I felt terrible about not giving you a chance to explain yourself, so I decided to come here. That's when she answered the door" She glared at Abbie intently. "She was dressed in your pyjamas, she said you were in the shower 'cooling off' were the words she used, if I remember correctly. I had no reason to doubt her and thought I'd driven you into her arms. She told me to back off so I left, although I never had any intention of doing so" She smirked, as it was Abbie's turn to glare at her. I thought back to the night of the Breadsticks incident, I remembered having a shower but not hearing Kitty. That's when the faint memory of the doorbell ringing hit me. I spun to face Abbie.
"Abbie, what the fuck?! I asked you outright if I had heard the doorbell and you said no! Nothing happened between us, and you have absolutely no right to threaten Kitty… and Kitty, I was in the shower but I was avoiding Abbie and I was in no way 'cooling off', also I didn't realize she had my pyjamas on until afterwards and I made her change them."
"I believe you now Ryder, don't worry. Why did you do it Abbie?" I waited for Abbie's answer to Kitty's question, as I had been about to ask the same thing.
"I don't know. I wanted, and still want Ryder for myself and see you as competition. You're not good enough for him, you don't have the same connection that we do. I mean, we were childhood best friends" I stood there speechless for a few minutes.
"You're right Abbie, we were childhood friends but you moved away and we grew apart. You had no right to come back into my life and attempt to destroy my relationships. Also it's not a competition if Kitty has already won." I grabbed Kitty's hand as I draped my arm round her shoulder, and kissed her hair to prove my point. I'm pretty sure I saw her cheeks blush as I did so.
"Now Abbie, I'd like you to leave. I don't know how long you had planned to stay in Lima but you can go find another friend to crash with. I don't appreciate people trying to sabotage me, especially when you risked me losing Kitty, although you never really stood a chance" I continued. Abbie seemed to accept defeat and left the room to go and pack her things.
"Now, where were we Wilde?" Our lips met once more before I put my arms around her for a hug and didn't let go. We were interrupted by the front door once more, although this time it was by the pizza deliveryman. I was paying him and about to close the door when Abbie walked down the stairs carrying her bag.
"Hold it open for me"
"Bye Abbie" We both looked at each other, sad that our friendship was over. Kitty meant so much more to me though and Abbie had gone slightly crazy. With that thought in mind, I closed the door and rejoined Kitty to watch the end of The Grudge, which had continued to play throughout the whole debacle.
"So, it's just us again" I whispered as I sat down. She just grinned as she took a slice of pizza and leant against me once again. There was literally no-where I'd have rather been.